South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-21

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WHITE and colored children ore
allowed to attend the came schools in
Cincinnati Ohio, but the former pre-
ter to go 20 schools for the exclusive
use OF the youth Of their own race.
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TIMOTHY CoUeHLIS, the eec,io
boss who was bel responsible by the
coroner's jury for the Cha,sworth.
Ill., railroad disaster, was discharged
Saturday, the evidence not being
sufii Glen: for the grand jury to find a
bill against him.
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An electrical typewriter has been
patented in Washington witch. i. is
thought, will be formidable rival to
tie telephone. II prints the mes.
sage a. both the sending and receiv-
ing stations. nc matter how great the
distance may be.
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REV. DIR. PARKER, who came over
t he eea 10 eulogize Bee cher and do a
title posing before Plymouth Church,
is described as having less mouth
and more brains than Talmadge, and
less brains and hear. than Beecher.'
IL is not likely that DR. Parker will
be the Plymouth preacher.
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HE gross earnings of the Bilti-
more and Ohio Railroad for August
are reported as S2.OSi,OO0. and those
or ). p'enh,r ~ only 3d. 900 less.
These are the largest gross monthly
earn'nss in tue hi story of tue road.
L he usual half-year!y divid4n was
not declared a the regular month v
meeting Of The directors in Baltimore
last week.
SIR JOHN SwINBUR NJ, Mr.. Haley
Stewart and Mr.. o. V. Morgan. mem
bers Of the British Hou,, OF Com
mons, arrived in New York Sa'ur.
day from England. Icy come to
propose treaty between the United
States and Great Britain under which
the two governments shall agree to
refer % arbitration any dispute that
cannot be settled by tho ordinary
course Of diplomacy.
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THe Supreme Court OF tie United
States on Friday granted The writ of
h:beas corpus for the release OF At.
torn'y- General Ayres Of Virginia
and Commonweslth's Attorney Scott
of FAuquier county, imprisoned at
Richmond for contempt. Of court by
U. S. Circuit Judge Bond in briaging
suits undcr the coupon c,usbor &C, Of
May. 1887, contrary to his injunction
enjoining such proceedings by the
States Officers. M~ssrs. Ayres and
Scott left for Washington to ans CO
the writ on Sunday.
The trill CT lie case wac begun on
Monday. the counsel for tho Slate of
Virginia being assisted by Hon. Cos.
coe Conkl;ng.
Chief Justice Waite announced that
argument upon the questions raised
by the case will be set down for the
second Monday in November, and
that meanwhile the prisoners will be
set at liberty OF their own rccogni.
zIDcss in thu sun Of one thousand
dollars each TO answer the summons
or ills court when theic presence
shall be required. In explanation OF
this decision the Chief Justice stated
that the p-is .nsrs were public officers
charged with public duties. and the
presumption was that they were nc
tua'ed in this proceeding by desire
to obtain n decision upon the quss,
tions at issue and not TO manifest
coutempt for tho court below.
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The proposition for government
Telegraph system is revived by the
transfer Of tie Baltimore and Ohio
Telegraph TO The Western Union.
With all Lbs tele graph li1es Of tho
Country except about So, 900 miles in
the control of the Western Union, IL
would seem thst nov, IL ever, is the
time when the government should
come u the re lief Of tho people an d
protect them from the ex )rbitant
charges Of this great monopoly, Ell.
ther by establishing its own tele-
graph system, or else by buying up
all the lines nov 70 operati IN, which,
however. IL wouli hardly d.. owing
TO the fabulous prices asked for them
by the companies owning them.
Does anyone suppose thu, he could
sani letter from New York 10 San
Francisco today for two cents IL the
postal business Of the country we're
In The hands Of private corporstioss9
Certainly not. just so IL is with the